An ESRB listing has appeared online for Best of Playstation Network Vol. 1, a compilation - presumably shipping on Blu-Ray - of some under-appreciated classics from Sony's downloadable service. »4/01/13 8:00pm 4/01/13 8:00pm

You press a button, and the beat drops. Forward you fly, straight into the perilous unknown, beats pushing against your eardrums as you push back against the controller. Tempo and harmony swim together, and you lose yourself in the rhythm of play. »12/13/12 8:00pm 12/13/12 8:00pm

If the Video Game Awards are actually an awards show, and not just a keynote for promoting upcoming games, then the big news from last night was The Walking Dead: The Game. Eminently quotable analyst Michael Pachter said before the show that if this title, a downloadable self-published game, took home Game of the… »12/08/12 11:00am 12/08/12 11:00am

Sound Shapes »8/23/12 9:00pm 8/23/12 9:00pm has been out for a couple of weeks now, and I think it's finally time I wrote something about it here on Melodic. It's been a bit tough to get the average gamer interested in the game for some reason, even though it's one of the most clever, musical games I've played all year. (And that's taking…

Though there's a smorgasbord of audio pulsing through it, Sound Shapes won't make a musician out of you. What it does is more esoteric and impressive than that. This new PlayStation Vita game lets you feel what it's like to live inside a song. »8/07/12 12:15pm 8/07/12 12:15pm

I've had my eye on Sound Shapes for a good long while; the music-platformer-sequencer isn't quite like any game I've played before, and I'm entirely enamored of its approach to musically integrated level design. »8/02/12 8:15pm 8/02/12 8:15pm

Have a look—and a listen—to some new music from Beck that is being used to structure levels in next month's PS Vita and PlayStation 3 game Sound Shapes. Notice how the lyrics are incorporated into the level. What's a little harder to grasp is that, as you control the little guy in this platforming game, you are… »7/20/12 12:15pm 7/20/12 12:15pm

The best music collection to come out all year may just be upcoming PS Vita game Sound Shapes. It's already got tunes from Jim Guthrie and Deadmau5 and now adds new music from still-skinny-after-all-these-years superstar Beck. »7/18/12 9:23am 7/18/12 9:23am

From July 24- August 27 Sony will showcase four new downloadable games for PlayStation 3 or Vita. They're not exactly exclusive, but at least three of them will probably be good (Sorry, multiplatform Expendables 2, we can't judge you yet, one way or the other. The trailer breaks it down. Buy a bunch of these games,… »7/10/12 12:18pm 7/10/12 12:18pm

Who won E3 2012? Judging from the results of the Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2012, Sony takes tops honors. Naughty Dog's The Last of Us scored five wins, but I'm more impressed by the tiny triumphs of Sound Shapes and Unfinished Swan. »6/26/12 9:30pm 6/26/12 9:30pm

For reasons known only to Sony and the Gods above, the company went an entire E3 press conference without mentioning the wonderful Sound Shapes. One look at this clip, showcasing some content for the game produced by the artists and musician behind Sword & Sworcery, will make you wonder why the hell that was. »6/05/12 2:50am 6/05/12 2:50am

Just like an all-star music festival where awesome acts keep announcing that they'll be showing up to play, upcoming PlayStation Vita game
Sound Shapes »5/17/12 7:30pm 5/17/12 7:30pm keeps pulling in top-notch talent to its creative roster. Game-loving celebrity and now he'll be joined by some bonafide indie gaming superstars.

I have grown to really like my PlayStation Vita. That's not to say I didn't like it when I first started using it, but over the last couple of weeks, my respect for the system has grown into a real fondness. With that said, the system hasn't really had a game that feels "Must Have" to me. The launch line-up is… »3/15/12 8:30pm 3/15/12 8:30pm